This November, Workspace Design Present (Wednesday fifth to Thursday sixth November 2025, RAI Amsterdam) doesn’t simply ask what the office needs to be; it allows you to really feel the reply. 5 of the Netherlands’ most inventive design studios have turned dialog into environment, idea into tactility, and office discuss into areas you’ll be able to odor, hear, shift and declare as your individual.
The Workspace Design Present showcases the most recent transformative office interiors merchandise, from furnishings, seating, lighting, acoustics, surfaces, biophilia, tech and extra. The present is a gathering place for the office group to share concepts and insights, and to kind connections and relationships to encourage the subsequent era of office tasks. Over 140 audio system from main architects, inside designers, occupiers, design & construct, industrial actual property and builders will share thought management on the way forward for office technique, tradition, design and expertise.
Behind every house on the present lies a private story, from quiet rituals to sudden sparks of inspiration.
Design Talks House, designed by UNS sponsored by Massive Manufacturers
This house (essential picture) was born out of fragments: post-its, tough sketches, reclaimed supplies and loads of laughter. Throughout brainstorming, somebody joked that the house ought to “hear the viewers,” which snowballed right into a full-on ear research session the place group members in contrast pictures of their very own ears. That second, playful, but deeply symbolic, impressed the acoustic format. The lounge isn’t embellished, it’s assembled from previous lives. Every bit has a historical past, stamped with a “design passport.”
The Design Talks Lounge is a dynamic house the place experiences, tales, and connections unfold. Color guides, textures have interaction, and shifting gentle gently evokes contemporary views. Remodeling with each gathering, the lounge is a sustainable assembly floor the place repurposed parts dissolve boundaries, inviting folks to attach, share, and reimagine what’s doable collectively. Designed by UNS. Sponsored by Massive Manufacturers. Suppliers embody Bolon, Flokk, Molo, Pla-sis and Array Lighting.
Occupiers Discussion board House, designed by Casper Schwarz Architects sponsored by FacilityLinq
The design is impressed from “audio system,” each as voices and objects. Floating types and colour gradients echo sound waves, guiding focus to the stage. Clear boundaries create an immersive world, amplifying the expertise of participating audio system and drawing the viewers into their tales, highlighting connection, creativity, and collective inspiration. Designed by Casper Schwarz Architects. Companions embody FacilityLinq. Suppliers are Cecoceco, MOMO Rugs, Kvadrat, Andreu World, Vitra and Teamwork Interiors.
Radiance, Customer Lounge
Earlier than the house turned an idea, it started as a sensation: dawn to sundown. Fairly than beginning with furnishings, the designers constructed an emotional gradient from comfortable morning calm to night glow. Their MIRO board overflowed with hues of dawn, hand sketches by in-house illustrator Glen, and sudden references from artwork zines and design journals. AI even performed a supporting function through Midjourney to check rug palettes and signage moods, to not substitute the designer’s eye, however to speed up instinct.
Because the unique vacation spot for meals and drinks throughout the Workspace Design Present, the Radiance Lounge would be the social hub, animated in collaboration with trusted companions.
Evolving with the rhythm of the day, from centered mornings to energised afternoons and energetic evenings, the lounge makes use of circadian lighting and sensory cues to reflect the pure arc of the day, serving to you are feeling good and join with others. Step into an area the place shifting lighting, curated soundscapes and signature scents come collectively to activate your senses. Designed by M Moser Associates. Companions embody Fest, Inexperienced Shops, Studio HENK, Inclass, Lykele, Mcart, Nora Nora, Signify, Kvadrat, Tarkett, Ege and Dwelling Tasks.
Office Expertise Talks, designed by Mecanoo sponsored by Branding Workplace Furnishings
Fairly than drafting partitions, the group mapped behaviour. They noticed how colleagues naturally shift from solo work to fast exchanges to deep collaboration and determined to translate that into house. Wood sticks characterize construction. Woven textiles characterize softness. Collectively they create ambiguous borders that invite motion. No AI was used, this was designed with remark and intuition.
Mecanoo’s pavilion for the Workspace Design Present explores the evolving nature of the trendy working surroundings, collaborative, human-centered, and more and more various. Designed with deliberately ambiguous borders, the pavilion invitations interplay and curiosity. It blurs the strains between inside and outdoors, formal and casual, encouraging spontaneous engagement from each angle. Designed by Mecanoo. Sponsored by Branding Workplace Furnishings. Suppliers embody Texfel and Bert Plantagie.
Temper Board Contest Space designed by Biophilic Design Academy
The story started not in a studio, however within the woods. Founder Lianne sat towards a tree, moss beneath her palms, solar throughout her face, and requested herself: what if a commerce present stand may breathe like this second? The primary thought was motion; fluttering curtains, shifting air, not partitions. Every sensory ingredient was later tied to one of many 15 recognised patterns of biophilic design. Even the act of participation is tactile: guests aren’t simply wanting, they’re making.
This can be a multi-sensory biophilic expertise and right here you get to really feel what nature does to you. Discover design that nurtures well-being, join with sustainable innovators, and be a part of the competition: create your individual biophilic moodboard for an opportunity to win nice prizes. Let nature spark your creativity! Like a digital backyard, the house engaged the senses, showcasing holistic, hospitality-focused office design and its potential advantages. Like many different options, this space ties in neatly with the Present’s total theme of ‘Activate the Senses’ and the way multi-sensory, immersive environments support wellbeing, productiveness and engagement within the office. Designed by Biophillic Design Academy. Companions embody Duracryl, A+N, Cooloo, Nuna Partitions, Koninklijke Ginkel Groep, Inexperienced Paints, Compost Board, Royal Vriesco, Sense to Join, Van Hier, De Klerk, Planq and Studio Wae.
This version of Workspace Design Present in Amsterdam is the place you’ll be able to hearken to world occupiers, discover design companions, or reimagine what your office may change into.
Important Visiting Data
Location: Corridor 5, Entrance L, RAI Amsterdam
Dates & Opening Hours:
Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 9:30am to 7:30pm
Networking Celebration (Open to All Registered Guests) Wednesday, 5 November, 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, 6 November 2025, 9:30am to five:00pm
All guests to the talks will obtain wi-fi headsets making certain complete immersion even in a buzzing present surroundings.
Workspace Design Present in Amsterdam solely takes place as soon as each two years; skip this version and also you wait till 2027.
Registration is free for all guests — get your free go now at workspaceshow.nl.
